Ewenny eggcup (mark)

Ewenny eggcup (mark)

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Ewenny eggcup (mark)

There have been potteries at Ewenny in South Wales for hundreds of years.
The two major companies producing in Ewenny today are the Ewenny Pottery
and the Claypits Pottery. Ewenny Pottery is the younger, having been founded
in 1815. The origins of Claypits are shrouded in the mists of time; it is
at least a hundred years older, possibly much more.

A Claypits apprentice, Evan Jenkins, set up the Ewenny Pottery and the
company has stayed in the possession of the Jenkins family to the present
day. Jenkinses were also involved with the management of Claypits Pottery.

The potteries of Ewenny were traditional country potteries using unsophisticated
equipment and local materials. Naturally, around the turn of the century
they found favour with followers of the Arts and Crafts movement, notably Horace Elliot, and this led to their
work being seen by a wider circle of people.

Ewenny pots are usually in red clay with slip or mottled glaze decoration.
Examples are abundant, making it a good choice for the new collector with
limited resources.

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Ewenny Potteries, Potters and Pots by Gwyneth and Ieuan R Evans

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